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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Name to signify the beginning of an end. 3- My name and the work we do. So, I kept it simple: my name and the work we do: Brill Media.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

When you look through the list , you’ll see big names that we’re very pleased we landed, epic companies we really want to hear from, and people we’re particularly excited to present because they have incredible stories to share--and you won’t hear them anyplace else. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

Ben & Jerry’s is a quirky ice cream company that’s best known for its creatively-named flavors and outspoken political advocacy. Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J. Since then, Wal-Mart has infiltrated all 50 states as well as 14 foreign countries, where it operates under different names.

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BlueHost Review – Is It Worth the Money?

The Startup Magazine

Bluehost has been a pioneer in the world of hosting since its establishment in 1996. Free Domain Name: When you sign up at BlueHost, users will be given a free domain name for a period of 1 year. The server response time indicate that BlueHost servers are highly responsive to visitors from United States.

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The Female Austinite’s Guide to Making Quality Friends.

Austin Startup

We were named “Best Bossy Babes” of 2015 by The Austin Chronicle, Tribeza’s Top 10 to Watch in 2016 and we were selected by The White House to attend the United State of Women Summit in June 2016 for our work in Texas.” It was created in 1996 by 12 concerned mothers raising adolescent girls in Austin, Texas.

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IPO Market for Sub $500 million Cap Companies: Hot or Not?

Pascal's View

The small growth company is widely recognized as creating new jobs, and, in America, over the past eleven years we’ve witnessed the capital markets death of one of the great job-creation mechanisms in the United States, the sub-$50 million IPO. Between 1991 and 200 80% of IPO’s raised $50mm or less. IPOs were neither VC nor PE backed.

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Be Careful What You Wish For…

Pascal's View

backed companies, went public raising less than $50 million at various times between 1971 and 1996. China leads the world in IPO’s in 2009; it would be a serious mistake to dismiss this as a flash in the pan or a “casino” Risk capital will go where it is rewarded, and currently that is not in the United States.